Chapter 5
Dawn opened her eyes groggily. She peered to the other side of the room; Spike and Hawk were chatting quietly. Dawn sighed heavily and tucked herself into a little ball underneath a tatty, mouth-eaten blanket.
"Please find us, Buffy," she whispered before drifting off into an uneasy sleep.
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Joseph ran down the hallway as fast as he could. He couldn't be late; his mistress would know why, she always knew everything. He stumbled on the hem of his long, deep red robe and dropped to large candle he was carrying.
A loud roaring sound started to echo down the corridor from his mistress' room.
"Oh no, it's too late," he gasped to himself in some forgotten language.
Joseph finally reached the door. The roars kept coming at him like blasts from a cannon. He ran his fingers through his long hair and took a deep breath. His hands shivered as he turned the door handle. With a yawn-like groan, the door swung open.
The room was finely decorated with the most expensive materials and the most beautiful furnishings. But the most wonderful thing in the whole room was the perfectly groomed tiger spread out on the sofa.
Joseph dropped to his knees in front of the tiger and bent into a bow. The tiger looked up as if it had only just noticed Joseph had entered the room.
"So, you finally decided to turn up?" it asked, cocking its head to one side. Joseph didn't know how to reply he just hung his head in shame. "But you're here now, we can start the passage." The tiger padded over to the kneeling man.
"Yes, oh great one," Joseph stuttered.
The tiger swung its head around to face Joseph.
"The name is Truth!" The tiger growled threateningly as it morphed into a beautiful woman.
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"Have you found anything yet?" Xander called across the table.
"No," Willow sighed, still taping away on her laptop. "Oh, wait a minute."
Everyone in the room's ears pricked up. Willow smiled at them all; she had found something extremely useful, even without the use of magic.
"It says that a man named Hawk Alsoer was arrested in Egypt for trying to break into a government building. When questioned by the police he told them that he had to save the kid and the vampire from himself."
The gang didn't say anything at first; they were trying to take everything in.
"Dawnie and Spike are in danger!" Buffy squealed.
"Well, if Spike's with Dawn, we know she's safe," Tara tried to reassure her.
"Won't he try to have her for lunch as soon as he gets hungry?" Angel asked.
Buffy gave Angel a look that could have killed him, if he wasn't already dead.
"Spike is good now," Buffy said between clenched teeth. "HHHHGkjshdsflkhaerjklghkladfjghkl adfjghjklpae would rather die than see Dawnie get hurt."
Angel looked down at his feet, how could he say something like that? Buffy was far too emotionally drained to care about the different between good and bad.
"Look's like we're off to Egypt," Cordy sighed, picking up her bag and heading towards the door. The others stood up and followed her to there cars.
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Dawn opened her eyes groggily. She peered to the other side of the room; Spike and Hawk were chatting quietly. Dawn sighed heavily and tucked herself into a little ball underneath a tatty, mouth-eaten blanket.
"Please find us, Buffy," she whispered before drifting off into an uneasy sleep.
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Joseph ran down the hallway as fast as he could. He couldn't be late; his mistress would know why, she always knew everything. He stumbled on the hem of his long, deep red robe and dropped to large candle he was carrying.
A loud roaring sound started to echo down the corridor from his mistress' room.
"Oh no, it's too late," he gasped to himself in some forgotten language.
Joseph finally reached the door. The roars kept coming at him like blasts from a cannon. He ran his fingers through his long hair and took a deep breath. His hands shivered as he turned the door handle. With a yawn-like groan, the door swung open.
The room was finely decorated with the most expensive materials and the most beautiful furnishings. But the most wonderful thing in the whole room was the perfectly groomed tiger spread out on the sofa.
Joseph dropped to his knees in front of the tiger and bent into a bow. The tiger looked up as if it had only just noticed Joseph had entered the room.
"So, you finally decided to turn up?" it asked, cocking its head to one side. Joseph didn't know how to reply he just hung his head in shame. "But you're here now, we can start the passage." The tiger padded over to the kneeling man.
"Yes, oh great one," Joseph stuttered.
The tiger swung its head around to face Joseph.
"The name is Truth!" The tiger growled threateningly as it morphed into a beautiful woman.
~~~~~
"Have you found anything yet?" Xander called across the table.
"No," Willow sighed, still taping away on her laptop. "Oh, wait a minute."
Everyone in the room's ears pricked up. Willow smiled at them all; she had found something extremely useful, even without the use of magic.
"It says that a man named Hawk Alsoer was arrested in Egypt for trying to break into a government building. When questioned by the police he told them that he had to save the kid and the vampire from himself."
The gang didn't say anything at first; they were trying to take everything in.
"Dawnie and Spike are in danger!" Buffy squealed.
"Well, if Spike's with Dawn, we know she's safe," Tara tried to reassure her.
"Won't he try to have her for lunch as soon as he gets hungry?" Angel asked.
Buffy gave Angel a look that could have killed him, if he wasn't already dead.
"Spike is good now," Buffy said between clenched teeth. "HHHHGkjshdsflkhaerjklghkladfjghkl adfjghjklpae would rather die than see Dawnie get hurt."
Angel looked down at his feet, how could he say something like that? Buffy was far too emotionally drained to care about the different between good and bad.
"Look's like we're off to Egypt," Cordy sighed, picking up her bag and heading towards the door. The others stood up and followed her to there cars.
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